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The year [[1989]] is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the [[Eastern Bloc]], starting in [[Poland]]. Collectively known as the [[Revolutions of 1989]], they were the death knell for the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[Stalinism|Stalinist]]ic [[Marxism-Leninism]] as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[globalization]], [[free trade]], and [[United States dominance]] that lasts to this day. The year [[1989]] is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the [[Eastern Bloc]], starting in [[Poland]]. Collectively known as the [[Revolutions of 1989]], they were the death knell for the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[Stalinism|Stalinist]]ic [[Marxism-Leninism]] as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[globalization]], [[free trade]], and [[United States dominance]] that lasts to this day.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]], [[5 June]]: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.+*[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] shot
-*[[King Tubby]] shot+*[[February 14]] – radio Tehran broadcast [[fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie]]
-*[[Berlin Wall]] falls+*[[June 5]] – [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
-*''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres+*[[November 9]] [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]]
 +*[[December 17]] – ''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres
 +*[[Axiom (record label)|Axiom]] founded
===Visual art=== ===Visual art===
*[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls *[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls
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*''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh *''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh
*''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen
-*''[[Parents (film)|Parents]]'' by [[Bob Balaban]]+*''[[Parents (film)|Parents]]'' by Bob Balaban
*''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky *''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky
*''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce *''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce
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====Fiction==== ====Fiction====
*''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille *''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille
-*''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus 
*''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser *''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser
*''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis *''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis
====Non-fiction==== ====Non-fiction====
 +*''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus
*''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross *''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross
 +*''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' by Linda Williams
 +*''[[Rants and Incendiary Tracts]]'' by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey
=== Music === === Music ===
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*''[[From The Mind Of Lil Louis]]'' *''[[From The Mind Of Lil Louis]]''
==== Singles==== ==== Singles====
-*[[Lambada (Kaoma song)]] 
*[[French Kiss]] by [[Lil' Louis]] *[[French Kiss]] by [[Lil' Louis]]
*[[Pump Up the Jam]] by [[Technotronic]] *[[Pump Up the Jam]] by [[Technotronic]]

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The year 1989 is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the Eastern Bloc, starting in Poland. Collectively known as the Revolutions of 1989, they were the death knell for the Soviet Union and for Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of neoliberal globalization, free trade, and United States dominance that lasts to this day.

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